But out of all that, a few articles rose to the top. A few that you sent your friends, blogged, emailed about and commented on. So here, on the second day of the New Year, are the ten you read the most. (Actually eleven, since we had a two-way tie for tenth place.)

1. How Shall We Then Vote? If you’re a Christian and still torn about how to vote tomorrow, there’s only one thing to do: don’t.By Derek Webb

2. Dear Nick JonasI only know a handful of your songs, and I like even less. But I love you more than any of your other “fans.”By Amy Jonas-to-Be

3. The Doomsday TemptationFocus on the Family’s gruesome political scenario for 2012 is heavy on wild speculation. Should anyone pay attention?By David Sessions

4. Hail to the ThievesIn a perfect reality Thom Yorke and Mac Powell would never make it into the same sentence. But, um …By Jordan Kurtz

6. The Drunk Dreamer’s WineWriter Augusten Burroughs, musician Tegan Quin, and Anberlin’s Stephen Christian gather for a night of artistic community in New York.By David Sessions

7. When Christians Hate Sex Deconstructing an unfortunate evangelical response to the cinema adaptation of Sex and the City.By David Sessions

8. David Bazan’s (Inevitable) Apostasy How the apologist who lit the way for a generation of sad dudes with honest doubts—and still made it to church every Sunday—quietly left his little corner of the fold.By Joel Hartse

9. In Rainstorms Sticking out the disaster-stricken Radiohead performance at Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Virginia.By David Sessions